Base for stoves or ranges.



NoB 356,754.

M. F. ALLEN.

BASE FOR STGVES 0R RANGES.

APPLICATION FILED TEB.8, 1907.

PATENTED JUNE 1l, 190'7.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

BASE FOR STOVES OR RANGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed February 8,1907. Serial No. 356,357.

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itgknown that I, MATTHEW FRANKLIN ALLEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and Stateof Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Base for Stoves orRanges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to range constructions such as shown and describedin the Letters Patent of the United States, No. 809,766, granted to meJanuary 9, 1906.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvedbase for shete metal stoves and ranges, arranged to increase thestrength and durability of the body of the stove or range, to dispensewith separate base bands, and to render the manufacture of the stove orrange exceedingly economical.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of one corner of the base ofthe stove or range; Fig. 2 is a like view of the same with the cornerpiece removed Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the improvement on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the body, on theline 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of theimprovement on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

The body A of the stove or range has its side walls formed of anintegral sheet of metal, preferably steel, bent to produce corners A,and an integral base A2 formed of the outwardly and downwardly extendingportion A3, terminating at its lower end in the upright or verticalportion A4 provided at its lower edge with inwardly extending flangesA5.

In order to allow of formino" the base A2 as described, the corners ofthe Lbase are cut or split previous to bending the base portions in theshape described, and the cut or split corner portion of the base iscovered by a corner piece B likewise made of metal and con forming tothe shape of the portions A3, A, the upper end B of the corner iece Bextending onto the corner A', as pIainly indicated m Fig. 1. The sidesof the corner piece B extend onto the sides of the base A3 adjacent tothe split or cut portion, and bolts or other suitable fastening devicesC, C rigidly secure the corner piece B in place, that is, the fasteningdevices C engage the sides of the corner piece B and the verticalportion A4 of the base, while the fastening device C engages the upperend B of the corner piece and the corner A of the body A.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that by the arrangementdescribed the inwardly extending flanges A5 do not need to overlap as isthe case in the construction shown and described in the Letters Patentabove referred to. Now by forming the base A2 of the body A integralwith the latter and in the manner described, an exceedingly strong anddurable base is provided, capable of withstanding strains in alldirections, especially as the base is reinforced at the corners by thecorner pieces B, which in addition also give an ornamental appearance tothe body A of the stove or range.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A range having a body formed of sheet metal, having its corners splitvertically at the bottom, the walls of the range being bent outwardlyfrom the upper end of the split and downwardly in a plane parallel tothe Walls and inwardly to form a sup orting flange, and a corner piececovering t 1e split portion and conforming to the shape of the corner,the upper end of the corner piece extending on to the non-split cornerportion of the body, and fastening means for securing the sides of thecorner piece to the sides of the body, and the said upper end to thecorner of the body.

2. A stove or range having a body formed of sheet metal, the lowerportion being split at the corner and bent outward said outwardly bentportion having inwardly extending flanges, a corner piece covering thesplit portion and conforming to the shape of the TOO corner, the upperehd of the corner piece name to this specoation in the presence ofetekldilg onto the JEon-split corner porton tWo subscribing Witnesses. ot e ody, an astenng means or securing the sides of the comer piece tothe MATTHEW FRANKLIN ALLEN' 5 sides of the body and the said upper end`to Vtnesses:

the oornerot the body. W. H. ALLEN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my 1 l A. E. FRANCK.

